Accessible Retail Property Conference - October 2017

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Accessible Retail Property Conference - October 2017
Accessible Retail
Property Conference
October 2017
Accessible Retail Property Conference - October 2017
Agenda

1.   The Bunnings Story

2.   Homebase Acquisition

3.   Bunnings Property Objectives

4.   Format Diversity & Flexibility
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The Bunnings Story
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Bunnings History

1886                                         1952                                         1989                                                           1994
Arthur and Robert Bunning arrive in          Bunnings expand in the WA market, adding         Bunnings purchase Alco                                     Bunnings open their first Bunnings
Western Australia. Bunning Bros Pty Ltd is   building supplies to the existing timber         Handyman operations in WA                                  Warehouse
founded. Soon after they purchase their      business; become a public company and            and merge operations to                                    in the Melbourne market and Wesfarmers go
first sawmill.                                                                                significantly increase exposure                            to 100% ownership.
                                             the leading supplier of WA hard woods to
                                             the housing construction industry.               to the D.I.Y. market.

                                                                                          1993
                                                                                              Bunnings purchase McEwans Ltd
                                                                                              in Victoria and SA. Enabling
                                                                                              expansion of operations to the
                                                                                              East Coast.

    2001                                            2016                                              2017                                          Today
   Purchased the BBC Hardware network               Wesfarmers purchase the Homebase                  The first store in St Albans, Hertfordshire   Bunnings continues to expand its operations with new
   including Hardwarehouse and Benchmark            network, expanding into UK and Ireland.           United Kingdom opens.                         warehouses, smaller format stores and trade centres
   stores in Australia and New Zealand,                                                                                                             throughout Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
   allowing Bunnings to expand internationally                                                                                                      and Ireland.
   into the New Zealand Market.
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Bunnings
Leading retailer of home and garden improvement products.

                                                   • Caters to consumer and commercial customers

                                                   • Part of Wesfarmers Limited

                                                        – Wesfarmers owns and operates a number
                                                          of diverse divisions

                                                        – Wesfarmers has a market cap of c. A$45bn
                                                          and is Australia’s largest private sector
                                                          employer with over 200,000 employees

                                                   • Bunnings is one of the top 10 global home
                                                     improvement and outdoor living retailers
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Lowest   Widest    Best
Prices   Range    Service
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Strong track record of investment in Australia & NZ

%                                                                                                                                                                     $m
45%                                            NSW network                                                                                                            900
                 Post BBC                                                                      Stronger investment for
                                                investment
40%             acquisition                                                                         future growth                                                     800
                                              (Project XLR8)
35%                                                                                                                                                                   700
30%                                                                                                                                                                   600
25%                                                                                                                                                                   500
20%                                                                                                                                                                   400
15%                                                                                                                                                                   300
10%                                                                                                                                                                   200
 5%                                                                                                                                                                   100
 0%                                                                                                                                                                   0
         2002      2003       2004      2005       2006      2007       2008      2009       2010       2011      2012       2013         2014   2015   2016   2017
                                                                          Capex (RHS)               ROC (LHS)

    Note: Australian and New Zealand figures shown only. Excludes Homebase acquisition and UK and Ireland investment from 2016 onwards.
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Market Leading Returns Over the Long Term
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Business Behaviour that Builds Trusts
Over the long term with core stakeholders

•   Team members – focused on building high performance culture

•   Customers – price, range & service

•   Community – “we live here too”

•   Suppliers & landlords – build long term relationships

•   Shareholders – provide long term sustainable returns
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Part of the Community
Homebase Acquisition
Attractive Market Entry Opportunity
UK home and improvement market estimated to be £38 billion and growing.                                                                         Market size1
Market overview                                                                                                                             £38b¹
 •     Market size estimated to be £38                   billion1     (consumer & trade)                                                            1.6x       £38b
                                                                                                                                                               £23b²
 •     Highly fragmented with top two players having < 15% market share competing                                                           £23b
       across a variety of formats
 •     UK market forecast to grow at a similar rate to Australia
 •     Brexit uncertainty, HI&G fundamentals remain strong
                                                                                                                                              UK population2
 •     Consumer confidence softening post June election

Housing fundamentals
                                                                                                                                                    2.8x   64.1m
 •     Similar home ownership rates (60% UK, 62% Australia)
                                                                                                                                            23.1m
 •     Smaller & older dwellings
       –      56% of England’s housing stock is over 50 years old3
 •     Higher wear & tear due to size & climate
                                                                                                                                              UK households2
       –      Higher refresh & replacement activity & weighting of spend in key categories
              (kitchens, bath, flooring & garden)4
 •     New household formation ~1.5 times that of Australia2
                                                                                                                                                    3.0x   26.4m
 •     Bipartisan consensus – 1 million new homes by 2020
                                                                                                                                            8.7m
Sources: (1) Bunnings estimates based on industry analysis; (2) 2013 population, housing formation, occupied household estimates & gross
disposable income sourced from Office for National Statistics (UK) & Australian Bureau of Statistics; (3) English Housing Survey Headline
Report 2013-14; (4) HIA “Renovations out of the block” June 2014
Addressable Market
Addressable market wider than home improvement & garden.
Wide range of products with everyday use in repairs, refits, maintenance, construction, business.

                                                   toilets in every building    light fittings everywhere
Homebase Acquisition Overview
Homebase provides an established & scalable platform to build a Bunnings branded business.

 •   Attractive and growing market

 •   Homebase provides an established & scalable platform

          •   Right-sized stores & well located network

          •   Network supports warehouse merchandising

          •   Latent capability for a low-cost operating model

 •   First step in a programme including investment in the Homebase
     team & reinvigoration of core assets, building an exciting new
     Bunnings-branded business over three to five years

 •   Long term investment opportunities
Business plan to deliver long-term returns
                 Phase 1                          Phase 2                  Phase 3

                                     • Combine essential local
   •   Retail basics focus
                                       elements with best of Bunnings
   •   Invest in team                  to build new business
   •   Invest in core business       • Warehouse format
       activities                    • Lowest prices, wider choice with
   •   Develop pilots for Bunnings     trusted brands, great service
       Warehouse                     • Easy to get to with hours to suit
                                       all customers
                                     • Extensive digital engagement
                                     • Servicing both consumer & trade
                                     • “Everything you want under
                                       one roof”

            First 24 months                    In 3 to 5 years             5 years plus
LONG-TERM VALUE CREATION

1. A winning   2. An engaged,   3. Business   4. Sustainable
   offer to       focused &     behaviour         returns
 customers       committed      that builds
                    team            trust
Property Objectives
Bunnings UK & Ireland - Property Objectives
Significant investment in stores to help build a Bunnings branded business in the long term.

        Develop Pilots                      Currently 8 Pilots open
   for Bunnings Warehouse                 15-20 Pilots open by Xmas

      Secure best sites
                                              14 lease renewals
        at low cost

                                                                                       More to come!

                                           Significant maintenance
  Invest in the store network
                                            LED lighting program

                                           3 new stores committed
     Acquire new stores
                                             Freehold investment
New Stores
                       • Ability to access capital through Wesfarmers
     Leverage parent
                       • Freehold or leasehold opportunities
         support
                       • Greenfields or brownfields

                       • Prominent sites
                       • Easy access and egress
      Site Selection
                       • Highly populated areas
                       • Generally 40 – 80,000 sqft with a garden centre of c. 15,000 sqft

                       • Important to ensure long term tenure as well as controlling long term
      Control Costs      occupancy costs
                       • Commercially disciplined; driving return on space
Bunnings Warehouse
Bunnings Warehouse – St Albans Hatfield Rd
Before:                      After:
Bunnings Warehouse – St Albans Hatfield Rd
Before:                      After:
Format Flexibility &
Diversity
Format Diversity
Right size store for the market we operate in.

                                                                            Multilevel
                                                                            & elevated
     •   Cornerstone brand                          •   format adaptability supports growth     •   Smaller format
     •   ~50,000 sqft to ~200,00 sqft               •   ~50,000 sqft to ~200,00 sqft            •   ~20,000 sqft to ~50,000 sqft
     •   Large format, continually evolving         •   innovating unlocks market               •   Acquisition and greenfield
     •   Low cost, warehouse merchandising              opportunities                           •   Highly flexible
     •   Flexible footprint including multi-level   •   inner-urban & tightly held suburban     •   Regional and metro markets
     •   Retail and commercial customers            •   achieves strong customer outcomes       •   Retail and commercial customers
                                                    •   can combine store with other property
                                                        elements
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